In 2019, JNT Home Repairs seriously damaged my home by the poor job they did on my roof, including poorly flashed chimney, cut rafters, roofing over bath fan vents, not properly sealing the gable wall, missing and improperly installed vent baffles, but worst of all – incompetently blew insulation into the soffit cavities and soffit vents, leaving my attic with NO ventilation. The result was sagging and moldy roof sheathing and compromised insulation.
After a heavy snowfall in November 2025, I noticed that my roof was failing. It was sagging badly in several places and looked like it was going to collapse. Here are pics from November 24th, 2025:
I promptly called the foreman from the roofing job. He advised me to get an HVAC inspection. I noted that my HVAC was not in the attic. I instead hired a professional property inspector, and Feltcher Inspections’ report can be viewed here: https://ener.is/presentation/bnYqkBhQuGunWE9it
Here are the findings from the report:
Poorly installed chimney flashing:
A Mountain of Overblown Insulation, almost to the attic ceiling:
Insulation blocking soffit vent, no vent baffles visible (attic view):
The bathroom vent stack was cut, and it was NOT ventilated out of the roof.
Moldy and deliaminating roofdeck:
Mold Stains, no visible baffles:
Moldy, delamination, no baffles.
Insulation blocking soffit vents (exterior view):
After the soffit vents were removed, I found that the soffits were PACKED tight with blown-in insulation and other debris. The blower hose had to have been literally aimed at the soffit from the attic. The CONTRACT with JNT Home Repairs that they signed included ensuring soffit vents were not blocked or restricted. This was extremely negligent and against building codes. Front Soffit vent:
Rear Soffit vent:
After I widened the soffit vent, the blown-in insulation from JNT was so packed in, that it didn’t even fall out!!
After widening the rear soffit vent and removing most of the blown-in insulation, I noted that there were, in fact, baffles missing, and the baffles were installed deep into the soffit, way past the soffit vent, and weren’t long enough to go past the top plate, rendering them 100% useless.
Cut rafter near heater exhaust / chimney:
Old insulation tacked to the ridge board blocking the ridge vent:
Written JNT contract with a 10-year personal workmanship guarantee, and to “ensure soffit cavities are not blocked or restricted”:
Because JNT is no longer in business, I had to hire other contractors to repair my roof and attic. Roofman of Saline, MI and Thermal Building Solutions did a nice job on repairs. During the repairs, I documented the following:
At first, we thought that just the section of the attic would need to be replaced, but after removing some of the shingles, we found that the roofdeck boards were all wet, even over the vaulted ceiling portion of the house, and were very soft in places. ALL of the roof deck boards had to be replaced.
It was so soft that one of the roofers partially fell through it. (Interior hole, Roofman repaired it at no additional charge.)
The vaulted section is required to have vent baffles from the soffit vent to the ridge vent, and again, most of them were missing. The Soffit cavities were also packed with insulation on the vaulted portion. The roof boards were wet over most of the roof.
Here is the severe sagging after the shingles were removed. Note that there is NO ice and water shield beyond the first row, but it is required for the entire roof, given the 2/12 pitch according to Michigan building code.
Roof AFTER Roofman completed repairs:
Attic AFTER Thermal Building Solutions removal of overblown insulation and installation of fiberglass batts to R-49 (with properly installed baffles):
